Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci has been named National Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters Association for the second consecutive year, the organization announced Monday. The NSSA also announced that former SI writer Gary Smith will be inducted into the organization’s Hall of Fame

Verducci has covered Major League Baseball for SI since 1993 and has spent more than a decade as the lead baseball writer. In addition to writing for SI, Verducci is a commentator for Fox and an insider for the MLB Network.